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Traditional Chinese Medicine

You’ve heard you have to believe in some ancient eastern religion for it to work. That it doesn’t really work on your body, that the results are all in your mind. You think that it can’t help you because you’re too old, too young, too stressed, in too much pain, etc. etc. What you’ve heard is WRONG.

-is a complete system of medicine that has successfully treated many common health conditions for more than 2,500 years.

Acupuncture

You lay there, you barely feel a slight poke or even less. Then the good stuff starts, your muscles start to relax, that nagging ache in your head is fading away, your brain stops whirring like a toy helicopter and you start to breathe deeply. Your body is starting to heal itself. All done gently to return you to health.

Acupuncture stimulates the body’s built-in healing system.

Acupuncture reduces both the amount and awareness of chronic pain.

Acupuncture reduces stress.

Recent scientific research has shown when an acupuncture needle is inserted into the body, specific regions of the brain are activated. This activation allows regulation of other systems in the body primarily through the modulation of molecules such as neurotransmitters and hormones. Collectively, scientific research has shown that acupuncture can modulate all the primary systems in the body including the nervous, endocrine and immune systems. Moreover, you don’t have to believe in it for it to work (acupuncture has been used with good results on animals), and you don’t have to change your beliefs. Experience my gentle needling and see the healing results.

Chinese Herbal Therapy

You want something to help with this nagging headache or upset stomach or whatever else has you feeling miserable but you don’t want take a drug, you want something natural. Something that doesn’t cause side effects as it deals with your problem. Then Chinese Herbal Therapy is your answer. Next to acupuncture,

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herbal therapy, is perhaps the most widely used Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment. Herbal therapy is used to treat illness, enhance your health and prevent disease.
How does Chinese Herbal Therapy work?

Chinese Herbal Therapy gradually returns the body to health, with little or no side-effects.

Chinese Herbal Therapy is not as harsh as prescription drugs. It works gently with your body.

TCM Nutritional Counseling

You’re dragging, you just grabbed your third cup of coffee before lunch. Your stomach rumbles at the most embarrassing times. You either can’t go or you can’t stop going. Those last few pounds won’t budge…What can you do? Try Traditional Chinese Medicine Nutritional Counseling, it’s not a fad diet, it’s not a program.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine Nutritional Counseling is nutrition based on your body’s specific needs. With over 2,500 years of TCM at its foundation, this method of eating and promoting health brings your digestion back to normal and helps you feel better and look better too!

Acu-Vital for the Face and Body

Concerned about looking tired or not as youthful but you don’t want to look like you’ve had “work done”, then try Acu-Vital for the Face and Body. It uses gentle needling to rejuvenate your face and body naturally.Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine beauty techniques that were over 2,000 years in the making.

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Acu-Vital combines the wisdom of the East with modern skincare.
Acu-Vital helps to:

Promote healthier, radiant skin

Soften wrinkles

Increase blood flow to face

Reduce sagging eyelids

Reduce under-eye bags and puffiness

Decrease jowls, double chins

Reduce hyper-pigmentation due to sun damage

Reduce signs of stress on the face

Reduce smokers lines after stopping smoking

Improve digestion, sleep and overall wellness

Enjoy the luxurious feeling of Chinese herbal masks formulated for your skin, the soothing feel of the Jade roller as it improves circulation and lymph drainage in your face. These treatments not only improve your appearance, they also improve your health. You can’t receive this treatment from an esthetician; this is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment. Only a Licensed Acupuncturist can provide you with a treatment based on TCM principles. You’ll notice improvement in skin tone, brighter complexion and diminishing lines with your first treatment. Long lasting results increase with additional treatments.

Tui Na

You’ve had deep tissue massage before, but Tui Na is something different, part deep tissue, part acupressure and part stretching. It takes bodywork to another level. It uses direct pressure on acupuncture points, rolling and plucking combined with gentle traction as your body is kneaded towards health.

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What makes Tui Na different:

Tui Na works with your body to bring a balanced state of health.

Tui Na is done with the practitioner’s hands targeting acupuncture points without needles.

Tui Na is well suited for the treatment of specific musculoskeletal disorders and chronic stress related disorders of the digestive, respiratory and reproductive systems.

This treatment can be done separately or combined with Acupuncture.

Cupping

Your muscles are as solid as concrete, your traps could replace re-bar. You think nothing can relax this stone back, then the cup is placed on your back and the relaxation starts. You feel the vacuum pressure taking your muscles up into the cup. It’s like getting a massage in reverse.

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Cupping lifts your muscles up instead of pressing down on them. It’s an odd sensation but a in a really good way, like “give me more my aches are melting”, way. You’ve experienced cupping and your body will never feel the same.

This is why cupping feels so good:

Cupping is thought to affect tissues up to four inches deep from the top of your skin. Toxins can be released, blockages can be cleared, and veins and arteries get fresh blood flow.

Cupping also is used to treat respiratory diseases such as the common cold, pneumonia and bronchitis. The sensation is both relaxing and invigorating.

This wonderful treatment can be done separately or with Acupuncture.

∞ You may experience some cup marks/redness that will fade in a few days.

Moxibustion

You’ve got a nagging ache, and then you feel the warmth, smell a slightly familiar smell. The heat travels from where it started and starts spreading around the surrounding area. The nagging ache is leaving, taking your tension with it. You’ve had a Moxibustion treatment, your body feels relaxed and the pain has faded.

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So what’s the funky smelling herb all about?

Moxibustion is an ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment. Moxibustion is a form of heat therapy in which dried plant materials called “moxa” are burned on or very near the surface of the skin. Burning mugwort (Artemisia argyi) or moxa sticks made from that small, spongy herb promotes healing and longevity.

Moxibustion stimulates blood flow.

Moxibustion boosts immune function.

Moxibustion reduces pain and relaxes your muscles.

This treatment is usually combined with Acupuncture and Moxa sticks are available for home use.

Massage

Sometimes you need to some gentle stretching and massaging, sometimes you need a more aggressive approach. The point is your body is in knots and you need them unraveled. In either situation I have the right massage therapist for you.

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Anthony Martinez, LMT

As a former athlete, Anthony understands the needs of the athlete whether you’re an elite runner or a weekend warrior. He routinely volunteers at the LA Marathon and other major running events in Southern California providing massages to the runners. He specializes in sports massage.